Mayor Nutter spent Monday attending events to commemorate the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and his teachings of peace and nonviolence - a legacy overshadowed in Philadelphia by the recent surge in killings on the city's streets.

The mayor's last stop of the day was a packed Kensington church, where he spoke to a congregation that included about a dozen family members mourning the young victims of a quadruple shooting last week.

He talked to them in often hushed tones about their loss, and about his own frustration and struggle with the deaths.

Do you think big city mayors have legitimate concerns about guns being illegally trafficked into their cities? Do you think this is a national concern? How firm are you set in your beliefs? Do you live in an urban, suburban, or rural neighborhood? How would you describe your neighborhood economically i.e. upper, middle, lower?

4. Why is it that people who live in cities can't be trusted with firearms?

Why is it that the states that are exporting the guns don't have the crime problems that the places that are importing them have?

Clearly the states where the guns are originating from don't have any lack of firearms to use to commit crimes. So why is it that they don't have the crime problems whereas the places they are imported to do?

Why is it that the people who are importing firearms are so desperate to use them in crime, while the people who have plenty to export don't?

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Dear friends of mine (husband/wife) just moved from their home in the city to a rural area of the county directly north of us. He has a number of pistols and a 12 gauge, but he's a perfect example of a person who could use an "assault weapon". Approaching senior status with a prosthetic leg and law enforcement virtually non-existent, myself and others have suggested that he get his hands on a bit more firepower.

5. To answer your questions...

Do you think big city mayors have legitimate concerns about guns being illegally trafficked into their cities? Yes

Do you think this is a national concern? Yes, that's why we have the ATF.

How firm are you set in your beliefs? All of my life lessons have brought me to my current belief system.

Do you live in an urban, suburban, or rural neighborhood? Currently I am in the suburbs. In my life I have however lived in all of the above. I have been homeless, lived in a motel, lived in project housing, lived on a farm and lived in the burbs.

How would you describe your neighborhood economically i.e. upper, middle, lower? Currently upper/middle.